That said, the threats to our elections are real. In Utah, Republicans passed a bill to expand the Supreme Court after the current court rejected an effort to redraw congressional districts to give Republicans an additional seat. The legislature has only been successful because of a complicit state Supreme Court where Republicans hold a 5-2 majority. The best protection against interference is a large turnout of voters rejecting GOP efforts to undermine elections. Lawyers have had great success in pushing back against GOP efforts to restrict access to the ballot box.

Source: New York Times February 02, 2026 21:27 UTC